Editing Holy See (section)

== Coat of arms ==
{{Main|Coat of arms of the Holy See|Coat of arms of Vatican City}}
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The arms of the Holy See have the gold key in [[bend (heraldry)|bend]] and the silver key in bend sinister,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLBnynmMp_oC&q=%22present+usage+of+placing+a+gold+key%22 |title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |first=Donald Lindsay |last=Galbreath |date=13 September 1930 |publisher=W. Heffer and sons, Limited |via=Google Books |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310114619/https://books.google.com/books?id=zLBnynmMp_oC&q=%22present+usage+of+placing+a+gold+key%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>"The golden key, which points upwards on the [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]] side, signifies the power that extends even to Heaven. The silver key, which must point up to the [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] side, symbolizes the power over all the faithful on earth." Bruno Bernhard Heim, ''[[iarchive:heraldryincathol0000heim/page/54/mode/2up|Heraldry in the Catholic Church: Its Origin, Customs and Laws]]'' (Van Duren 1978 {{ISBN|9780391008731}}), p.&nbsp;54.</ref> as in the [[sede vacante]] coat of arms and in the external ornaments of the [[papal coats of arms]] of individual popes. The reversed arrangement of the keys was chosen for the arms of the newly founded Vatican City State in 1929.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uniroma2.it/didattica/Ecclesiastico/deposito/Leggi_Vaticane.pdf |title=Appendix B ("All. B. Stemma Ufficiale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano") of the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, 7 June 1929 |access-date = 7 February 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131217230421/http://www.uniroma2.it/didattica/Ecclesiastico/deposito/Leggi_Vaticane.pdf |archive-date = 17 December 2013 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

The coat of arms of the Holy See has no background shield, as can be seen on its official website and on the [[Holy See passports]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://epass.vatican.va/VistaInsiemeFolder.pdf |title=Holy See Passport |publisher=The Holy See and Vatican City State |access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>